Necktie-fastener.



No. 638,660. Patented Dec. 5; I899. 12. BHEVES & E. CAPOUCH.

NECKTI E FASTENER. (Application filed July 24, 1889.)

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CHARLES BREVES AND EDWARD CAPOUOH, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 638,660, dated December 5, 1899.

Application filed July 24, 1899. $erial No. 724,912. (No model.)

To all whom it WLCZ/Z/ concern:

Be it known that we, CHARLES BREVES and EDWARD CAPOUCH, citizens of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Necktie-Fasteners, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to that class of devices which are ordinarily attached to neckties, generally of the made-up bow variety,

which are intended to cooperate with the front collar-button to secure the tie in place and prevent its accidental disarrangement. Devices for this purpose have been previously devised, but all of them were open to more or less serious objections, and our present invention is designed to produce a fastener of this sort that shall be simple in construction, easily applied, and one that will hold the tie securely without any possibility of displacement.

To fully illustrate our invention, reference is had to the accompanying sheet of drawings, in which the same letters of reference are used to designate identical parts in all the figures, of which Figure 1 is a perspective view of the bowtie which fastens by straps around the collar with the fastener embodying our improvements attached thereto. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of one form of a collar-button which is shaped so as to cooperate with the fastener and which is a part of the mechanical combination constituting our invention. Fig. 2-} is a side view of the collar-button shown in Fig. 2. Fig. 3 is a sectional view, on an enlarged scale, on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1, showing the relation of the parts when they are in place. Fig. 4 is a rear elevation of a madeup bow-tie for use with lay-down collars, which is secured to and supported by the collar-button with our improved fastener attached thereto. Fig. 5 is a sectional view, on an enlarged scale, on the lines 6 6 of Fig. at. Fig. 6 is a rear elevation of a made-up fourin-hand tie provided with the same kind of a fastener as shown in Fig. 4. Fig. 7 is a rear elevation of that portion of the fastener which is applied to the tie on an enlarged scale, and Fig. 8 is a view of the same part in section on line 9 9 of Fig. 7.

The portion of the fastener which is attached (shown in Figs. 4 and 7,) or to the fabric con- 1 stituting the rear portion of the tie, as shown in Fig. 1. Of course any other means of fas tening the plate in position might be employed. This plate has centrally formed therein, preferably by stamping, the annular boss D, which forms a raised ring-like con struction, the central portion of which is depressed, as at E, so as to assist in guiding the head F of the cooperating collar-button to the slot G formed in the center of the boss D. The slot G is elongated and preferably arran gedin a horizontal position,while the similarly-shaped cylindrical head F of the button H is arranged in a vertical position, and the shank J of the button is widened at its base, so that the action of this shank, cooperating with the horizontal slots constituting the buttonholes of the shirt and collar, will serve to hold the cylindrical head F in this vertical position.

The action of the device will now be readily apparent, as the button H having been inserted in the buttonhole in the neckband K of the shirt the collarL is secured in place, the buttonholes of which are passed over the cylindrical head F, which may be twisted slightly for this purpose. The tie is then held in a vertical position, and the slot G is passed over the cylindrical head F,after which the tie is turned to its proper horizontal position, when it will be seen that it is secured from any possible displacement.

As a special form of collar-button has to be employed in connection with this holder, as constituting a part of it, it is advisable to produce cheap buttons that can be furnished gratis with the ties, and we may cast a cheap metallic one of the shape shown in Fig. 2 or we may produce one of substantially the same design in any other manner that may be de sired.

It will thus be seen that we have produced a fastener which is absolutely certain in its action and which can be easily adjusted and one that also serves to securely lock the collar in place, as well as the tie, as with our improved construction it is impossible for the the horizontal aperture G which receives the collar to become unbuttoned at the front, as head of the collar-button when the parts are sometimes occurs with other constructions. in abnormal relative position and prevents What we claim as new, and desire to secure their disengagement when in their normal I 5 5 by Letters Patent of the United States, is relative position.

In a necktie-fastener, the combination of the collar-button having the horizontallywidened shank J and the vertical cylindrical head F, with the plate A adapted to fasten to lVitnesses: 10 a tie and having the raised boss D thereon LOUISE E. SERAGE,

provided with a depression E surrounding HATTIE O. HALVORSON; 

